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I have started my Sakitumi-E. The wing and elevator are ready to be covered. I am waiting on some 1/32 plywood to skin the fuselage for stiffness. I should be able to remove wood from the core of the fuselage to keep the weight the same.

Follow the plan or go to Walters site and look at construction photos.

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I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived.John E. "DOC" Holliday10421 West 56th TerraceShawnee, KANSAS 66203AMA 23530

Follow the plan or go to Walters site and look at construction photos.

Unless I am blind the plans don't show that view of the rudder. Walter's build log don't cover it either. Pictures of his finished model aren't totally clear either. It appears that their may be some offset but not sure. I am guessing that some offset would be OK.

Normally the rule is to put in just a barely perceptible amount of rudder offset, so that it isn't offset the other way, if trying to set it centered.They say too much offset makes for poor line tension in the overheads....

In order to stiffen the fuselage I glued 1/32 plywood on either side. To keep the weight down I drilled holes in the original fuselage. I used Tightbond glue and weights to glue the sides on. I also installed a fiberglass motor mount that is laminated to the plywood motor mount ring that came with the kit. The finisher fuselage weighs 8.4 oz and is stiff as a base ball bat. Beings it is now plywood all over it will take very little paint to make it look good.

Spinners for an electric setup, for me, has always been a pain in the rear. I use pusher props and have had to cut out the slots for the LH prop (ugly). You can buy LH spinners but they are $$$$$. Spinners also add rotating mass which is not a good thing.

So I came up with the idea to make a round disk with holes in it for cooling. Fashion a noise block to round out the noise. once all painted black I think it will look good and work well.

Looking good. I watched Dan McEntee fly his in St Louis and it looked great. Of course it was IC powered.

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I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived.John E. "DOC" Holliday10421 West 56th TerraceShawnee, KANSAS 66203AMA 23530

John, do you by any chance know what Dan's Sakitumi weighs as a gasser?

Contact him, he is on here once in a while.

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I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived.John E. "DOC" Holliday10421 West 56th TerraceShawnee, KANSAS 66203AMA 23530

Life sometimes gets in the way of the fun stuff. It may be a few weeks before I get back to finishing this project. Getting new carpet and laminate flooring in the house. At my age I work slow so it will take time to get the house ready for the carpet layers.

The short answer is NO . However I just finished the honey-do list. We have new carpet, new living room furniture, and a redone office. So I am back working on the build. Should have the wing covered in the next few days. I have new batteries on order that should be in soon. All is good

The short answer is NO . However I just finished the honey-do list. We have new carpet, new living room furniture, and a redone office. So I am back working on the build. Should have the wing covered in the next few days. I have new batteries on order that should be in soon. All is good

Very cool. I haven't even started on my Nitro Sakitumi kit yet, it's about two projects away still. I have many many flights on the electric though and still love it. I'm having new carpet installed on the 10th, but it will just be a one day job

I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived.John E. "DOC" Holliday10421 West 56th TerraceShawnee, KANSAS 66203AMA 23530

I'm flying mine on 60' .015 and it seems perfect to me, though I am a hack. My videos are on the other thread. Looks like mine and John's ended up at near the same overall weight, with his airframe weight slightly more and battery slightly less since he is running a 2800 compared to my 3400 prolite X. I'm running a FM9 timer set for 5:45 minutes and I adjusted the RPM and many other settings at the field for my first 3 flying sessions with the Sakitumi till I got it perfect. I ended up at 10,500 rpm with a APC 12x6E and it is great in any wind.To me, the best thing about it is that it seems to be the same speed straight up or straight down, nice and manageable with plenty of time to think